Credit: Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department

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It was seven years ago when Holly McFeeture slowly killed her fiance Matthew Podolak, the father of their two children. She had been putting antifreeze in his raspberry iced tea in their Archmere Avenue home in Old Brooklyn. On July 31, 2006, “Podolak went to the emergency room in extreme pain, disoriented, and vomiting,” per the county prosecutor’s office. “Podolak died later that day.”

Today in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, McFeeture was sentenced to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 30 years, by judge Brian Corrigan. Last month, jurors found her guilty of killing Podolak (click here for videos, photos, and a good story by the Plain Dealer on that trial):

McFeeture had been a suspect since the January 2006 death of Podolak from what a pathologist concluded was intoxication by ethylene glycol, the active ingredient in antifreeze. But the 35-year-old mother and sometime bartender, was not charged until 2012, two years after the manner of Podolak’s death was determined to be a homicide based on a tip that ruled out suicide or accidental death.

During the weeklong trial before Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Brian Corrigan, prosecutors contended that McFeeture wanted out of her relationship with Podolak and began lacing his red rasberry iced tea with antifreeze over several weeks.

Here’s today’s story from the Plain Dealer on the sentencing.

This article appears in Aug 28 – Sep 3, 2013.

Doug Brown is a staff writer at Scene with a passion for public records laws and investigative reporting. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has an M.A. in journalism from the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in political science from Hiram College. Prior to joining Scene, Doug was a contributing writer for Deadspin.com, reporting behind-the-scenes stories about college sports through public records and developing sources. Doug's work as an enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater was recognized by the Cleveland Press Club (2013 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards), Society of Professional Journalists (regional and national Mark of Excellence Awards), and the Associated Collegiate Press. He spent the summer of 2012 working for the Metro desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and spent previous summers working for Outside Bozeman Magazine and Crain's Detroit Business. His website is dougbrown8.com.

5 replies on “Life In Prison For Woman Who Slowly Killed Fiance With Antifreeze”

  1. So, when someone wants out of an engagement, normal people, oh, I don’t know, call off the engagement? Did this nutcase ever think of doing that? Seriously, who resorts to murder because you want out of a relationship? People are really this dumb and messed up in the head I guess.

  2. Totally agree, but, she was a complete psycho and she deserves a slow painful death. She’s a fat, disgusting excuse for a human being. Good riddance to her.

  3. I guess a $10,000 life insurance policy and a $500 401K is enough reason for a fat, disgusting excuse for a human-being to cruelly and slowly kill someone.

    She spread her legs readily enough for anything in pants. And only required a few drinks at the local karaoke bar.

    Now SHE’LL be someone’s bitch for all eternity…

  4. I think it was more about control and wanting her kids than anything else. She wanted out but didnt want to have to deal with him for the rest of her life so she killed him.

  5. I believe the motivation was to have her children to herself. The children are fortunate to now know that their mother was a deceitfully wicked and dangerous individual. I can understand how the father’s family couldn’t bear raising children that would be a constant reminder of the pain that woman inflicted upon another human being.
    Hopefully they can love his children with Mercy.

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